Low-threshold monomode ion-exchanged waveguide lasers in neodymium-doped BK-7 glass
Low-threshold monomode ion-exchanged waveguide lasers in neodymium-doped BK-7 glass
- Author(s): E.K. Mwarania ; L. Reekie ; J. Wang ; J.S. Wilkinson
- DOI: 10.1049/el:19900846
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- Author(s): E.K. Mwarania 1 ; L. Reekie 1 ; J. Wang 1 ; J.S. Wilkinson 1
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1: Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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1: Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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Volume 26, Issue 16,
2 August 1990,
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1317 – 1318
DOI: 10.1049/el:19900846 , Print ISSN 0013-5194, Online ISSN 1350-911X
Waveguide lasers have been fabricated by potassium ionexchange in neodymium-doped BK-7 glass. Lasers operating at λ = 1058 nm in a single-transverse-mode at both pump and lasing wavelengths showed launched-power thresholds as low as 7.5 mW.
Inspec keywords: integrated optics; glass; solid lasers; neodymium; ion exchange; optical waveguide components; optical workshop techniques
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Subjects: Chemical exchanges (substitution, atom transfer, abstraction, disproportionation, and group exchange); Optical fabrication, surface grinding; Solid lasers; Glasses (engineering materials science); Optical waveguides; Laser resonators and cavities; Lasing action in other solids; Laser resonators and cavities; Integrated optics; Design of specific laser systems; Optical waveguides and couplers; Integrated optics
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